Pietro Alfieri
Writer, Deceased Person
1801 – 1863
Who was Pietro Alfieri?
Pietro Alfieri was a Roman Catholic priest and at one time a Camaldolese monk, b. at Rome, June, 1801; d. there 12 June 1863.
For many years, Alfieri was the professor of singing at the English College in Rome. He is remembered chiefly for his scientific writings and his collections of music of the old masters. Perhaps his most valuable work is his "Raccolta di Musica Sacra" in seven large volumes, a reprint of the sixteenth-century church music, mostly by Palestrina, which was supplemented by later and smaller collections, such as "Excerpta ex celebrioribus de musicâ viris", and "Raccolta di Motetti". On plain chant he published "Accompagnamento coll' organo"; "Ristabilmento del canto e della musica ecclesiastica"; "Saggio storico del canto Gregoriano"; "Prodromo sulla restaurazione de' libri di canto Gregoriano". He also translated into Italian Catel's "Traité d'harmonie" and contributed to the "Gazzetta musicale di Milano" and other periodicals many articles on church music of great value to the student.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed.. Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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